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• Constitutional Amendments Proposed

  Today, a joint-session of Kazakhstan’s Parliament is meeting to discuss and possibly approve Constitutional Amendments. The President will be present along with the Prime Minister, the akims of the oblasts and major cities, and representatives of the President’s Administration. According to the head of the Constitutional Commission, the proposed amendments will: increase the role of […]

  5/16/07 • (Comments Off on Constitutional Amendments Proposed)

• AO Kazakhstan

  While a lot of attention has been paid to the ongoing process of administrative reforms in Kazakhstan in the area of increasing Parliamentary powers, not much has been heard about the plans to reform the civil service. There have been research projects and discussion in the areas of linking government salaries to performance, reducing corruption […]

  3/11/07 • (Comments Off on AO Kazakhstan)

• 2007 Address to the People of Kazakhstan

  On the 28th of February, the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, gave his annual Address to the People of Kazakhstan, the speech where he gives the government its tasks and strategies for the year. You can go to Akorda.kz for the full text of the speech. Overall the speech focused on improving social protection […]

  3/01/07 • (3)

• NurOtan Is Growing

  There was an interesting development in an otherwise typical first meeting of the new government. The new Prime Minister set his agenda which includes improving civil service and the administration of the government, as well as various economic issues, and continuing key projects under Akhmetov, which was all to be expected. A photo was taken […]

  1/13/07 • (Comments Off on NurOtan Is Growing)

• The only thing we’re saying is we aren’t saying anything

  The session of Parliament started at 10am today (Wednesday the 10th) to name the new PM has resulted for the moment. So far there is only anti-climatic news from yesterday evening. The Party NurOtan has chosen a candidate, and the Parliament voted to approve that candidate. Who is it? That is a secret. Now, presumably […]

  1/10/07 • (Comments Off on The only thing we’re saying is we aren’t saying anything)

• Year in Review

  Kazakhstan.NewEurasia published a link to Radio Azattyk’s review of the year from various prominent figures and an English translation here. The opinions run the gamut from a member of Parliament showing he knows who butters his bread:The year has been very successful as it started with the inauguration of the president. My deep conviction is […]

  1/06/07 • (Comments Off on Year in Review)

• NurOtan

  Yesterday at a meeting of the party of Otan, the party that holds the majority in Parliament and the party of the President two major decisions were made: 1) Otan will change its name to NurOtan. While Nur means “sunlight” in Kazakh, and Otan means “fatherland”, no one can doubt that the name change refers […]

  12/23/06 • (Comments Off on NurOtan)

• Leaders of Kazakhstan on Niyazov’s Passing

  Nazarbayev, currently in China, sent a telegram to the acting President, reading in part: Saparmurat Atayevich was an outstanding leader of the Turkmen people, a politician with foresight, constantly working hard for the good of his homeland. He played a key role in creating and strengthening the independent state of Turkmenistan, and developing the economic […]

  12/22/06 • (Comments Off on Leaders of Kazakhstan on Niyazov’s Passing)

• Kazakhstan 2021

  I was asked to participate in a cross-blog survey with New Eurasia to predict what Central Asia will look like in 15 years. You can check out the other posts here. And my little dichotomious view is below. I couldn’t come to any solid and concrete conclusions so I ended up with perhaps more of […]

  12/21/06 • (1)

• Turkmenbashi is dead

  Usually I keep my focus on Kazakhstan, but this is a big one. The President-for-life, Saparmurat Niyazov, died Wednesday night of heart failure at age 66. As is well-known, he was an authoritarian leader given to fulfilling whims and crushing dissent. Although there were rumors that his heart was weak, his health was considered top-secret. […]

  12/21/06 • (Comments Off on Turkmenbashi is dead)

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